‘Collateral Beauty’

Collateral Beauty
U/A: Drama
Director: David Frankel
Cast: Edward Norton, Jacob Latimore, Will Smith, Keira Knightley, Kate Winslet
Rating:  

With a choice of distinguished actors, one would have approaching a humdinger of an impact from this movie. Unfortunately, this illusive Oscar attract doesn’t utterly work adult to scratch. For starters, a pretension is a misnomer. The makers explain a proof behind it, yet it only doesn’t work. 

Howard (Will Smith), once a brilliant, witty, dreamer-boss of a extravagantly talented and reckless looking New York ad agency, is now a broken, grief stricken, unreachable depressive given of a detriment of a child. His longtime business partner (Edwad Norton), and merciful colleagues (Kate Winslet, Michael Pena) try to get him out of that funk, yet to no avail.

Howard has given been holding risks that could plead him suicidal. His association is quick spiraling down a fire and there’s an imminent takeover on a cuff. Meanwhile, Howard has been essay indignant letters to death, time and love. So, with time quick using out, his friends sinecure an behaving unit to play these 3 beliefs and assistance him opening frustrations with their response to his letters and ghost-like personal visits.

The film has an engaging idea, yet a approach a feints are played out, we will feel suckered. There are distant too many shop-worn people around and a methods employed for heal seem reprobate and impractical. The book doesn’t conduct to get one emotionally involved. The performers are a saving grace, though.

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